AN INDIAN ART LOVER’S GUIDE TO THE 60TH VENICE BIENNALE
India’s great modernists and path-breaking contemporary artists will be on view at the oldest and largest international art biennale in the world
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India’s great modernists and path-breaking contemporary artists will be on view at the oldest and largest international art biennale in the world
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We meet Bhuri Bai, one of India’s best known contemporary Bhil artists at her workspace in the Madhya Pradesh Tribal Museum
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India’s first Magnum photographer, Raghu Rai welcomes us to his workspace and sanctuary in New Delhi where he makes music out of images
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Photo-based artist Prasiit Sthapit tells stories of South Asia’s borderlines and contemporary Nepal
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Hannah Cecil Gurney, Director of de Gournay tells us about the time-honoured craft practices that define the global design house’s work
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Installation artist Asim Waqif welcomes us to his New Delhi studio, home to the residues of past projects and a laboratory for future experiments
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The aesthetic sensibilities of Mumbai-born architect Ashiesh Shah pays homage to craft through imaginative innovation
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From art and architecture to hidden gems – our insider guide to India’s ‘City of Dreams’
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We visit T. Venkanna’s home-studio in Hyderabad where the artist creates potent paintings and prints that expose the violence and beauty of the world around him
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Mumbai-based Sadhna Prasad tells us how ‘displacement’ drives her colourful and fantastical practice. Enter her alternate reality through the film and download the special artist poster below
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Sound-artist Myles and graphic designer Ameya have come together to create an immersive digital environment celebrating the biodiversity of India. Watch the film to get a glimpse into their collaboration and download a special artist poster below
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Artist and writer Dhruv Jani runs independent video game studio, Studio Oleomingus, along with creative coder Sushant Chakaraborty. Watch this film to learn how they retell colonial narratives through video games and download their playable artist poster below
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Multi-media artist Sashikanth Thavudoz shares his perspectives on materiality, the land and ‘Forwardism’
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Mumbai-born Gunjan Gupta’s design practice is deeply experimental but always rooted in the crafting traditions prevalent in the Indian subcontinent
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New media artist Afrah Shafiq joins us from her studio in a 90-year-old Indo-Portuguese style house in lush Goa
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Helmed by Creative Director Karishma Swali, Chanakya School of Craft and Chanakya International are exemplary in their elevation, restoration, and revitalization of Indian craft techniques
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The Arts Family London and 079|STORIES, Ahmedabad are delighted to present Con/temporality: Contemporary Aesthetics in Our Times, a selection of South Asian artists celebrating the dynamic spirit of contemporary artistic practices of the region. The show features 10 artists shortlisted for the recent TAF Emerging Artist Award (2nd edition), including three finalists. The exhibition showcases … Continued
April 19-May 10, 2024
079|STORIES, Opp. Shashwat Bungalows, Rajpath Rangoli Road, Bodakdev, Ahmedabad, India
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Gallery Espace is proud to present Cloud Pruning, Valay Gada’s debut solo show at the gallery. The exhibition features recent drawings, sculpture in metal, ceramics and fibre, and an interactive audio-video installation in a bathtub. Created over the past year, the works in the show reflect the artist’s feelings of anxiety and uncertainty, transformed by … Continued
April 5-May 11, 2024
Gallery Espace, 16, Community Center, Near Surya Hotel, Sujan Mahindra Road, New Friends Colony, New Delhi, India
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Nature Morte is proud to present Metamorphosis, a new body of works by Italy born artist Lorenzo Vitturi who works in photography, sculpture, and installation. The exhibition features gigantic soft sculptures floating from above as well as small and delicate still-lifes containing fractal patterns and geometries. These particular works trace back to the artist’s biographical … Continued
March 23-May 11, 2024
Nature Morte, Dhanraj Mahal, Block A, Third Floor Apollo Bandar, Colaba, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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Shrine Empire is pleased to present I have so much poetry inside me, but it is in the wrong language, a solo exhibition curated by Srinivas Aditya Mopidevi featuring works by Chris Basumatary. Basumatary’s practice is inspired by the ideas of corporeality and nature. Through the surfaces of flesh, water, and stone his work presents a … Continued
April 11-May 11, 2024
Shrine Empire, D 395, Lower Basement, Defence Colony New Delhi, India
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Pristine Contemporary presents The Cult of Consciousness, an exhibition featuring works by five South Asian artists which delves into the intricate relationship between art and the human psyche. Through various mediums, the exhibition prompts viewers to ponder themes of self-awareness, mindfulness, and introspection, inviting contemplation on the interconnectedness of humanity. It aims to foster dialogue … Continued
10-19 May, 2024
Pristine Contemporary at Galerie Romain Rolland, Alliance Française de Delhi, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi, India
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Saskia Fernando Gallery is pleased to present Coexist, artist Randika de Silva’s debut solo exhibition. Her practice blends drawing, textiles and sculpture through which she often questions the dynamic quality of human thoughts, and in the process, they offer the viewer a glimpse into her own quirky imagination. In the exhibition, Randika mediates the intricate … Continued
April 25-May 20, 2024
Saskia Fernando Gallery, 41 Horton Place, Colombo, Sri Lanka
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Sakshi Gallery, in collaboration with Emami Art is pleased to present Singed but not Burnt, a retrospective exhibition of the works of activist, photojournalist, institution-builder Shahidul Alam. Curated by Ina Puri, this exhibition focuses on the extraordinary journey of the artist whose early years were spent in the UK as a chemistry student before he … Continued
April 25-May 22, 2024
Sakshi Gallery, Third Pasta Lane, Colaba, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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Method Kala Ghoda is delighted to present Mute/Unmute a group exhibition featuring artists from across the country. The show emerges as an exploration of the present and the absent, and how that defines perception and anticipation. It scrutinizes the nuanced messaging underlying the presentation of muted and unmuted elements. Find out more about the show … Continued
April 20-May 26, 2024
Method Kala Ghoda, 86, Nagindas Master Rd, Kala Ghoda, Fort, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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Carpenters Workshop Gallery presents Crossing Over, a collection by Italian artist and architect Vincenzo De Cotiis that constructs a contemporary urban imagery. Crossing Over builds its urban aesthetic through monochrome colours, graphic gestures and geometric forms. Via a process of reclamation, recycled fibreglass, glass, stone and metal are combined into new assemblies, metamorphosing into deeply poetic … Continued
February 27-May 30, 2024
Carpenters Workshop Gallery, 7070 Santa Monica Blvd, West Hollywood, Los Angeles, United States of America
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Chawla Art Gallery presents Spring Soiree, a solo exhibition with works by Ganapati Hegde. Bursting with native flora and fauna—plants, flowers, birds, animals, and insects, the bright and colourful paintings reveal a buoyant and affirmative portrayal of the natural world, infused with the artists personal style. Find out more about the show here.
April 6-May 31, 2024
Chawla Art Gallery, Square One Mall, Saket, New Delhi, India
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Akara Modern is pleased to present Patterns, Symbols, Objects, a solo exhibition of paper works by Prabhakar Barwe ranging from 1960’s to 1990’s. Known as a symbolist and an abstractionist, Barwe’s multitudinous influences can be traced through the steady evolution of his works. His poetic sensibility combined with his representations of ordinary objects echoed the emotional … Continued
May 9-June 1, 2024
Akara Modern, 4/5 Churchill Chambers, 1st Floor, 32 Mereweather Road, Colaba, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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Palette Art Gallery presents Paradise Regained, a group show featuring works by 10 artists, all of whom are delving into the theme of nature. The exhibition consists of a suite of detailed paintings showcasing landscapes that have been mined and re-envisioned as the memoirs of experience as well as fantasy. The show tells the viewers that we … Continued
April 24-June 1, 2024
Palette Art Gallery, 14 Golf Links, New Delhi, India
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Galerie ISA is proud to present Shadows and Light, a dual artist show by London-born Lewis Brander and New Delhi-born Vipeksha Gupta. Using primarily the medium of painting, both artists’ process is multi-layered in palette, in texture and in meaning. Distinct in their approaches and oeuvres, what unites the two young artists is an exploration … Continued
April 11-June 1, 2024
Galerie Isa 9, Kamani Chambers, Ground Floor, Ramji Kamani Marg, Ballard Estate, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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Grosvenor Gallery presents Endurance, a solo exhibition featuring works by Shanti Panchal created between 1989 – 2022. The earthy tones dominating the palette reflect the artist’s upbringing in a Gujarati village, inspiring a deeply personal visual language. His paintings depict family life, where privacy was a foreign concept, yet each character carved out inner sanctuaries … Continued
May 10-June 2, 2024
Grosvenor Gallery, 35 Bury Street, St. James's, London, United Kingdom
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Latitude 28 presents Come With Your Own Light, a solo exhibition featuring works by Baroda based artist Komal Mistri. In this exhibition, through photographic works, Mistri has documented unheard voices behind the closed doors of a labour room. Creating an archive of emotions, the artist takes on the role of a confidante and collates the … Continued
April 12-June 15, 2024
Gallery LATITUDE 28, F - 208, F/F, Lado Sarai, New Delhi, India
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Vadehra Art Gallery is pleased to present a group exhibition People, Places, Things which features works across mediums including painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, video and mixed media, created by artists across generations. Spread across two gallery spaces, the show delves into the energy of intimate environments and immediate interactions, zooming into the narrative cuts–often interior, … Continued
May 6-June 15, 2024
Vadehra Art Gallery, D - 40 and D - 53 Defence Colony, New Delhi, India